Wunderlist Blog

# Coding

https://atom.io/ - A hackable text editor

http://brackets.io/ - Lightweight opensource code editor

# Local Server

http://www.mamp.info/en/ - Run dynamic web sites on Apple Macintosh

# Web Design

http://getbootstrap.com/ - Robust and solid framework for responsive projects

http://fontawesome.io/ - Icons out of the box

https://www.google.com/fonts - Hundred of Fonts ready to use

http://theolabrothers.com/sip/ - Color picker for developers

# Collaboration

https://github.com - Code review, and code management

https://trello.com/ - Free web-based project management

https://www.wunderlist.com/ - ToDo list made easy

# Hosting

http://aws.amazon.com/ - Rock solid hosting

http://www.dreamhost.com/ - Easy Hosting

# Analytics

http://www.google.com/analytics/ - Detailed statistics for your website

https://mixpanel.com - Advanced analytics platform

# Mail

http://mailchimp.com/ - Mailing list done the cool way

# Blog

https://wordpress.org/ - Install your blog in minutes

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/ - Easy SEO for your blog

# Resources

http://www.feedthebot.com/ - Test and improve website for search engine

http://stackoverflow.com/ - Question and answer for your project

http://growthhackers.com/ - Unlock growth

http://www.producthunt.com/ - Ready to ship your product?

# Files

https://www.wetransfer.com/ - Send big or small files from A to B.

https://www.dropbox.com/ - Backup, sync and share files

# Focus

http://www.noisli.com/ -…

This is my current setup. The real essentials are Dropbox, ST2 and Homebrew, but these are all amazing pieces of software:

- Sublime Text 2 editor (even has a vim mode) (http://www.sublimetext.com/2)

- Sparrow, but you might be happy with the native Mail app (http://sparrowmailapp.com/)

- Media: iTunes and Quicktime do a good job, VLC occasionally.

- Handbrake for encoding (http://handbrake.fr)

- Transmission (http://www.transmissionbt.com/)

- Dropbox (http://getdropbox.com)

- Cloud app: instant, easy uploads (http://getcloudapp.com)

- Twitter's official client (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998)

- CSS: uh? There is Coda/TopStyle/Espresso, but ST2 is enough

- Github for Mac (http://mac.github.com)

- Versions for SVN (http://versionsapp.com)

- Sequel Pro (http://www.sequelpro.com/)

- Homebrew package manager (http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/)

- ImageOptim (http://imageoptim.com/)

- CodeKit or LESS.app for LESS/Coffee compiling (http://incident57.com/codekit/)

- MS Office: yeah (it's much better than the windows version). Just hide the cruft away (MSN etc) after installing.

- Wunderlist to-do app (http://wunderlist.com)

Nice to have / superfluous:

- Mou markdown editor (http://mouapp.com/)

- Cathode: vintage terminal emulator (http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/)

- Lidpop: make noises when you close/open your lid (https://shinyplasticbag.com/lidpop/)

In most cases, I don't rely on my email inbox to track tasks. If an email requires follow up, I flag/star it and move on to the next email, circling back to handle the follow up whenever I intend. If it's something I don't anticipate handling that same work-day, I add a task to Things (https://culturedcode.com/things/) so I don't lose sight of it. You could just as easily use something like Wunderlist (https://www.wunderlist.com/en/) or even your smartphone's reminder/task list utility.

The key is to keep the list simple. I drop these "daily" tasks on a task queue, ordered by priority. If I find something slipping down the queue too far (which implies it's been there too long), I'll either delegate it, or fire off a quick email to the person letting them know that I received their message, but haven't been able to take action on it.

When I explain this to people, they insist that they're far too busy to handle their inbox/task flow like this. IMO, this is a good indication that you're overcommitted. If you can't keep a simple list of the things you need to do, then you're over-burdened, and you need some help. That or you're simply kidding yourself.

The original company blog announcement (the canonical "Our Incredible Journey") is https://www.wunderlist.com/blog/join-us-on-our-new-journey/

Wunderlist has been absolutely awful for me the last 6 months or so. It crashes all the time on opening, and the syncing is so bad that sometimes items will disappear from a list immediately after I add them, then reappear a while later, on a single device.

This is on an iPhone 6s; I'm not sure if it's always been this bad and I just didn't notice early on, or if something changed. The only thing keeping me on it is the fact that my wife is familiar with it too and we share a few grocery lists, which is extremely handy.

What's with the video paired with the announcement? [1] It doesn't make any sense without the "moving" metaphor from the post, and even with it it's really strange.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOvU5iqjsBQ

It's been mentioned here already, but this is the evolution of Wunderlist. Which, apparently is being sunsetted at some point:

> That said, Wunderlist and Wunderlist Pro will eventually be retired, but not before we incorporate your valued feedback and the best elements of the Wunderlist experience into To-Do.
There won't be any new features brought to Wunderlist and Wunderlist Pro but we will continue to prioritize the security of your experience. In addition, we have built an importer to help you easily transfer your to-dos from Wunderlist or Todoist to To-Do.

I was hoping for more power features in Wunderlist for business teams, considering that we recently started using it pretty heavily. At the moment, this seems pretty focused on individual use.

https://www.wunderlist.com/blog/your-preview-of-microsoft-to-do/

I've tried out almost all the available project management tools. Happy with:

http://ganttpro.com - to build comprehensive project plans in seconds

http://trello.com - to collaborate on projects better

http://jira.com - to track bugs and improve development processes

https://wunderlist.com - to easily manage my own tasks, track projects' progress and get the latest info about the stage of development

The greatest disadvantage of these tools is that to cover all the aspects of my daily work, I have to use four of them, instead of using one.